Tag: flooding
Heavy rain in Scania has caused flooding
Shining sun was replaced by a heavy downpour in Northwest Scania during the afternoon and evening. – There has been a heavy rainstorm up towards the Bjäre Peninsula which caused…
Flooding will become ‘a matter of getting used to’, say Utrecht water boards
De Stichtse Rijnlanden Water Board shares tips on its website about how to deal with flooding. For example, by making the garden ‘water-friendly’. “By paving your garden less, you help…
Still flooding in Woerden, lock at Bodegraven closed all day
The heavy rainfall of recent days has caused inconvenience in many places in the province of Utrecht. Especially in Woerden, many streets were flooded and some homes and businesses were…
Woerden licks wounds after extreme cloudburst: ‘It happened within 2 seconds’
The swimming part might have been able to continue, but the severe weather in Woerden on Whit Monday was far too extreme for the triathlon. And so the event was…
SMHI warns of flooding
— In many places it has culminated or is culminating right now. But there is still a lot of water in many watercourses, says SMHI’s hydrologist on duty Hugo Rudebeck.…
The Moselle on red alert facing the risk of flooding: the extended weather alert?
An episode of intense rain crosses the Grand Est this Friday, May 17. Météo-France has placed the Moselle department on red alert for risk of flooding until this evening and…
the dramatic collapse of a building, a new illustration of the consequences of flooding
Kenya has been experiencing intense rains for several weeks, which have killed at least 277 people and damaged numerous homes and infrastructure. On May 14, 2024, a building collapsed in…
Massive flooding in Dubai: “Most dramatic in 20 years”
When SVT Nyheter reaches von Hallen, she is sitting in a taxi trying to make her way along the water-filled roads. She was due to fly in the morning but…
two departments kept on red alert for flooding
At the end of the day, Monday April 1, Yonne and Côte-d’Or were placed on red alert for the risk of major flooding. Eight departments are also placed on yellow…
three departments placed on red alert for flooding
At midday, this Monday, April 1, Yonne and Côte-d’Or were placed on red alert for flooding. Like Indre-et-Loire, maintained on “absolute vigilance” since Saturday. At midday, this Monday, Yonne and…